The Senate, yesterday, denied speculations of a plot to
impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that it was only a rumour. Members
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, refused to speak on the
alleged impeachment threats with its National chairman Senator Ahmed Makarfi,
saying it was a situation embedded within the legislature.
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| Muhammadu Buhari |
The United Peoples Party, UPP, led by Chief Chekwas Okorie
described any impeachment plot as satanic and subversive. The Senate in a
statement by its spokesperson, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi read:
”We expected the party to, at least, explore all the options
open to it to verify that piece of fabrication which is only the figment of the
imagination of the writers and their sponsors.
“It should be clear to the APC leadership that if there is
any truth to that story, it should have been credited to a particular senator
who was at the executive session.
“It is evident from our proceedings of yesterday (Wednesday)
that the Senate itself was shocked that such a fabrication, which constitutes a
breach of the privileges of the senators, was published and that was why we
mandated our Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions to
investigate the source and circumstances leading to the emergence of such a
fabrication.
“We will like to assure the party that the Senate, as an
institution, values the present democracy in our country and will not do
anything that will undermine or weaken the system.”
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